{"id":1172,"date":"2019-12-10T22:16:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T05:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=1172"},"modified":"2022-01-20T08:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:34:25","slug":"sikorsky-ch-37b","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/sikorsky-ch-37b\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikorsky CH-37B"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sikorsky-CH-37B.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mojave.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In 1951 the U.S. Marines issued a requirement for a new heavy assault helicopter.\u00a0 Sikorsky\u2019s offering was its first twin-engine helicopter, designated HR2S-1 by the Navy and H-37 by the Army.\u00a0 The Mojave was a radical design for its time. \u00a0It had fully retractable main landing gear and a front opening clamshell door, with the engines in large pods on each side of the main fuselage.\u00a0 The large five blade rotor was specially designed to allow the helicopter to continue flying if one of the blades was shot off.\u00a0 The Mojave began testing with both the Army and Marines in 1953.\u00a0 Deliveries to both services began in 1956, and production continued until 1960.\u00a0 Mojave\u2019s served as heavy-lift transports until the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>72 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Rotor Diameter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>64 ft 3 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>22 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>31,000 (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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